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Candida Species Identification Test

Iowa rates for HCPCS 0068U

Identifies which yeast is causing a Candida infection. It detects the genetic material of six species — Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, krusei, tropicalis and auris — and reports each one individually.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Candida Species Identification Test cost?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$95.50 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$141 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $110 to $417Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $85 to $309
$100$200$500facility $219professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$363.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 26th of 51

$129

AK $324NE $93.33

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.